On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 at 03:56, C Hamilton via QGIS-User <qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > > I was notified that QgsField started using QMetaType instead of QVariant with > the QgsField constructor and the QVariant variant is being deprecated. At > this point my plugins seem to work properly, but am concerned that at some > point they will stop working and then I will need to massively update all of > them with QMetaType and then they would no longer work with older QGIS > instances. > > What is your guidance regarding this and perhaps other modifications you may > have made that I am not aware of? How long will QVariant work before I need > to make the change?
Until QGIS 4.0 at the EARLIEST, and there's no plans for that on the horizon yet. We won't break 3.x API until then, and will keep all the deprecated methods around for compatibility. Nyall > My concern is that many of my former customers work with older versions of > QGIS. They don't automatically update to the latest versions. > > Thanks, > > Calvin > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-User mailing list > QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ QGIS-User mailing list QGIS-User@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
